GitLab Engineer

Knack Solutions; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Chicago is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to build GitLab pipelines from scratch and integrate them with Docker and AWS. The ideal candidate should have 5-6 years of DevOps experience, with a focus on pipeline integration and troubleshooting. Strong knowledge of Terraform and coding skills in Shell or Python are required. This position offers an opportunity to work on enterprise-level projects and innovate within a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• 5 to 6 years of DevOps experience, with at least 2-3 years of experience building GitLab pipelines.
• Hands-on experience migrating CI/CD pipelines from existing systems to GitLab.
• Experience deploying and integrating GitLab pipelines with AWS cloud.

Responsibilities

• Build GitLab pipelines from scratch and set up templates for the enterprise.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and make necessary code changes.
• Provision GitLab pipeline using Terraform and deploy using Docker.

Skills

Pipeline integration

GitLab

Docker

AWS Cloud

Terraform

Shell scripting

Python

Job description

• True hands-on experience building GitLab pipelines from scratch. Expertise in pipeline integrations, deploy code, push images.
• NOT looking for someone who just executes / deploys.
• Must have hands-on experience building GitLab pipelines, running resources, troubleshooting failures / making necessary code changes to pipelines, and standing up the GitLab templates that will be used by all other DevOps teams across the company.
• Take the architecture designs and building new GitLab pipelines from scratch / stand up these templates for the entire enterprise.
• Experience migrating CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Ansible, UCD, etc) from existing systems to GitLab.
• Pipeline tool integration experienced with running security scans, unit testing, code quality scans, deploying code and pushing images.
• If candidate doesn't know pipeline integration then they won't be a fit.
• The company'sentire GitLab platform is on Docker.
• This person should know how GitLab integrates with Docker, build docker images / container images, deploy pipelines to Docker files.
• AWS Cloud
• Experience deploying / integrating GitLab pipelines with AWS cloud.
• Terraform
• Candidate should have general understanding of how Terraform works
• Know how to: Provision GitLab pipeline using Terraform, deploy pipelines using Terraform, run resources, check if resource has been provisioned, troubleshoot pipeline failures.
• Terraform is the provisioning tool for GitLab
• Expertise in Shell and/or Python coding and Linux / Unix command lines is required.
• 5 to 6 years of DevOps experience, with at least 2 3 years of experience building GitLab pipelines / standing up GitLab from scratch.